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WinTVInstallation and Reference

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The WinTV boards have been tested and found to comply with the limitsfor a Class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. Theselimits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmfulinterference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses,and can radiate radio frequency energy and, cause harmful interferenceto radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interfer-ence will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment doescause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can bedetermined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encour-aged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the followingmeasures:

• reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from thatto which the receiver is connected.

• consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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WinTV Installation and Reference Manual

Table of Contents

WinTV Installation and Reference Manual Revision 5.0FCC Statement .........................................................................................CE Statement .............................................................................................

Installing the WinTV boards 1Installation overview..............................................................................1-1Board connections................................................................................1-1WinTV board diagram.........................................................................1-2Installing the WinTV board in your PC................................................1-2Installing the WinTV board under WindowsXP...................................1-3Primary Surface ....................................................................................1-4Connecting WinTV to a VCR, Video Camera or Camcorder................1-5Connecting the WinTV board to a Sound Card ...................................1-6

Adjusting the Audio Volume ...............................................................1-7

Checking the WinTV Plug-and-Play Setup 2

The WinTV2000 application 3The WinTV2000 window .......................................................................3-1Running the WinTV application ...........................................................3-2Still Frame Image Capture mode..........................................................3-4Motion Video Capture mode ...............................................................3-5Using the mouse in WinTV .................................................................3-5Single click TitleMode/NoTitleMode makes WinTV easy to use! .......3-5Setting up your TV channels ................................................................3-7Setting preferences in Title mode ........................................................3-8Setting full screen TV mode .................................................................3-9Image Save, Print, Copy to Clipboard................................................3-10Adjusting the video image color .........................................................3-11Options menu ....................................................................................3-11Keyboard control of the WinTV application........................................3-12Setting up a shortcut to the WinTV application].................................3-12

Teletext Data Reception using VTPlus 4Installation of the VTPlus software........................................................4-2Running VTPlus ....................................................................................4-2Quikselect .............................................................................................4-5Dynamic Data Link to Teletext ..............................................................4-5

Using the WinTV-radio Application 5

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Running the WinTV-radio application ..................................................5-1The WinTV-radio window ......................................................................5-1Using the WinTV-radio buttons.............................................................5-2Programming the Presets .....................................................................5-2

How WinTV Works 6How WinTV displays Video-in-a-Window............................................6-1Video Overlay mode of operation.........................................................6-1Primary Surface mode of operation .....................................................6-2

Troubleshooting 7Troubleshooting the WinTV driver ........................................................7-1Error message: “WinTV card not installed or drivers not loaded” .......7-2

Updating the WinTV driver 8Removing the WinTV driver with HCWCLEAR .....................................8-2Restarting the WinTV driver with HCWRESET ....................................8-4

Checking the Plug-and-Play Setup 9

Technical Support ATechnical support telephone ...............................................................A-1

Service ....................................................................................A-1Using DirectX to install an updated DirectDraw driver ........................C-1

Trademarks: WinTV and the Hauppauge logo are registered trademarksof Hauppauge Computer Works, Inc. Intercast and the Intercast logoare trademarks of Intel Corp. Microsoft is a registered trademark andWindows and the Microsoft logo are trademarks of MicrosoftCorporation. IBM and PC are trademarks of International BusinessMachines Corporation.

Some WinTV models are manufactured under license from DolbyLaboratories. "Dolby," "Pro Logic" and the double-D symbol are trade-marks of Dolby Laboratories.

dbx-TV is a trademark of THAT Corp.

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Introduction

This manual is covers all of the WinTV models based on the “PCIPush” technology for displaying TV on your PC’s VGA screen. It covers,but is not limited to, the following models:

WinTV-Go

WinTV-Express

WinTV-dbx

WinTV-radio

WinTV-pci

WinTV-primio

WinTV-Theater

References to the WinTV apply to all models. The Windows driver forall of the WinTV boards will be referred to as the WinTV driver, andthe installation CD-ROM will be referred to as the WinTV InstallationCD-ROM.

For models which have particular features (such as the chapter on theRadio application), we will note which models these features are avail-able on.

For a description of how the WinTV boards display video on your VGAscreen, see the chapter entitled How WinTV Works.


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Installing the WinTV boards

The WinTV boards are Plug-and-Play devices designed forWindowsXP. Plug-and-Play simplifies the installation and hardwaresetup of WinTV by having hardware settings assigned by Windows,instead of needing to set jumpers. This chapter describes how to installthese boards and how the automated Plug-and-Play installation proce-dure works .

Installation overview

To install WinTV under WindowsXP, you will follow these steps:

� Install the WinTV board in your PC

� After booting Windows, you will install WinTV’s Windows devicedriver from the WinTV Installation CD-ROM

� After the Windows driver is installed, you will then install the WinTVapplication software from the WinTV Installation CD-ROM

� Finally, if necessary, an updated Windows Direct Draw Driver can beinstalled from the WinTV Installation CD-ROM

WinTV board diagram

The following diagram shows the main functions and connectors of theWinTV board. Since there are several different models with differentfeatures and functions, your board may not have all of the componentsinstalled.

Board connectionsFM: FM radio antenna connection (some models)TV: TV antenna or cable TV connection

Audio LineOut: Audio output 1/8” minijack (connects to sound card LineIn jack)

Video In: VideoInput jack (S-Video on some models)Audio Line In: Audio input 1/8' minijack J2, left/right channel

Remote Control: Minijack J3 (optional on some models)

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Installing the WinTV board in your PC

Before installing the WinTV board, turn off the power to your PC andremove the cover. Since the WinTV board is sensitive to static electrici-ty, we recommend that before you remove it from its protective anti-stat-ic bag, you touch the chassis with your hand to discharge any staticelectricity.

Once the cover is removed, plug the WinTV board into any free PCIslot.

Now connect the Audio Cable between the WinTV board and yourPC’s sound card. Plug one end of the audio cable into the AudioLineOut jack of the WinTV. The other end (a 1/8” audio jack) then

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*Note: not available on all models. Note: this outline may not reflect the current revision of your WinTV board. For the most up todate information, see the WinTV QuickInstall Guide provided with your WinTV board.

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Audio LineOut

* Video In

Audio LineIn

Remote

plugs into the LineIn jack of your sound card.

Most sound cards have three round jacks on the out-

side of the PC. They are: Microphone Input, Audio

Output and Line Input. The Audio Output would go to

your speakers, while the Microphone input might go to

a microphone (if you are using one). The LineIn jack is normally a

blue connector, and is indicated on the sound card by the words IN

or LineIn stamped into the metal bracket on the outside of your PC.

This is where you would plug your WinTV Audio cable.

Installing the WinTV driver under WindowsXP

When the Found NewHardware Wizard appears,insert the WinTVInstallation CD-ROM inyour PC’s CD-ROM driveand make sure Install thesoftware automatically(Recommended) ischecked.

Then click NEXT.

If the Hardware Installation dialogbox opens, click Continue Anyway.


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Click Finish.

After the video driver isinstalled, the Found NewHardware Wizard will detectthe WinTV audio driver.

Click Next, then Continue anywayand then Finish to complete the audiodriver installation.

Primary Surface

It is sometimes useful to force WinTV to use a mode of operation of yourVGA card known as Primary Surface mode. This can be helpful ineliminating VGA compatibility problems.

To force WinTV to use Primary Surface mode, run the program "PRI-MARY", which is installed with the WinTV application. Click Start/Programs and then WinTV. Double click on Primary.EXE. Click on Force

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Primary then close the program by clicking on the X.

The Primary program simply makes a setting in the Windows Registrythat tells the WinTV application to always use the Primary mode of oper-ation. This can be changed at any time to "Allow Overlay" by re-runningPrimary and clicking Allow Overlay.

When using Primary Surface mode, you will not be

able to view live Closed Caption data overlaid on your

TV Window.

Connecting the WinTV board to a VCR, VideoCamera or Camcorder

Most VCR’s or camcorders have a female RCA jack labeled “VideoOut”. Most also have a jack labeled “Audio Out”. Most video camerassimply have one output connection labeled "Video Out".

To connect the video to the WinTV board, use shielded video cables(not supplied) with male RCA connectors on both ends:

- connect from the “Video Out” jack on your video camera, VCRor camcorder to the Composite Video input jack on theWinTV board.

Note: Some WinTV models have a yellow RCA jack on the backpanel bracket. Others have a high-quality S-Video input jack, whichrequires a supplied S-Video to Composite video adapter to connectto your camcorder.

To connect the audio from your VCR or camcorder to the WinTV, use a1/8” stereo minijack extension cable (1/8” male minijacks on each end)and:

- connect the “Audio Output” 1/8” minijack on the VCR or camcorderto the Audio LineIn jack on the WinTV board.

Note: Some camcorders use RCA connectors instead of 1/8” mini-jacks to connect the audio. If so, you will need an female RCA to1/8” minijack adapter. These adapters can be found at most RadioShack stores.


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Connecting the WinTV board to a Sound Card

The WinTV board's audio output should be connected to a sound cardusing the supplied Audio Cable:

- plug one end of the Audio Cable into the jack marked LineOut(Audio Line Out jack) on the back panel bracket of the WinTVboard

- plug the other end of the Audio Cable into your soundcard’sLineIn jack.

Most sound cards have three round jacks on the out-

side of the PC. They are: Microphone Input, Audio

Output and Line Input. The Audio Output would go to

your speakers, while the Microphone input might go to a micro-

phone (if you are using one). The LineIn jack is normally a blue

connector, and is indicated on the sound card by the words IN or

LineIn stamped into the metal bracket on the outside of your PC.

This is where you would plug your WinTV Audio Cable.

Adjusting the Audio Volume

Once the audio cable is connected to your Sound Card, the WinTVapplication can change the audio volume coming from the WinTVboard by adjusting the LineInput sound volume of theVolumeControl program in Windows.

The VolumeControl program is normally installed with Windows orby the sound card installation program, and allows the control of vol-ume from the various sound sources. If you cannot hear sound whenrunning the WinTV application, you might need to check the volumelevel of LineInput in VolumeControl.

The VolumeControl application is started by clicking either:

Programs/Accessories/Multimedia/VolumeControl

or

Start/Programs/Accessories/Entertainment/VolumeControl

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If LineIn is muted, unmute it to hear audio from the WinTV.

You should see Line-In balance as one of the selections. If not, thenclick on Options/Properties and under Show the following vol-ume controls check Line-In. Then click OK.

You should now see a selection for Line-In. Make sure the Selectbox is checked, then raise the volume to about 1/2 of the way to thetop. This should be a good starting point for the volume control.

In the WinTV application under the Configure/Audio menu, the MixerID should be set at Line-In.

As you adjust the audio volume in the WinTV application, you shouldsee the slide bar in the VolumeControl window rise and fall.


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Checking the WinTV Plug-and-PlaySetup

After the WinTV board has been installed, you can find out what memo-ry range and interrupt have been assigned by Windows Plug-and-Playby looking at the configuration in the Control Panel. Plug-and-Play willnot let you change the Interrupt it has assigned, but you can, if neces-sary, change the Memory Address chosen by Windows.

Open up Control Panel by clicking on Start/Settings/ControlPanel.Now open up the System properties setup by double clicking on itsicon, then click on the Device Manager folder:

Then select Sound, video and game controllers, then click onHauppauge WinTV and then Properties:

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Click on Resources to see which resources Windows has assigned tothe WinTV. Remember: the Interrupt setting cannot be changed (sinceit is assigned by Windows Plug-and-Play) but the Memory Address can.

To see which versions of drivers are being used, click on Drivers:

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Click the Details tab to see the configuration of the WinTV driver

This window will show the type of TV tuner, the serial number and revi-sion of your WinTV board.


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The WinTV2000 Application

To run the WinTV2000 application for watching TV and for recording videos,double click the WinTV2000 icon.

Scanning for channels

When running WinTV for the first time, you will need to scan for your TV chan-nels. If you are using Cable TV, in the Broadcast/Cable box select Cable (orCable HRC). Otherwise select Antenna.

Choose the Video Format for your geographic region:

North America uses NTSC MEurope uses PAL B/Gthe U.K. uses PAL Iin South America, either PAL M or PAL N is used

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SnapSnapshot

Button

Freezevideo

CFGConfigureSnapshot

PrefPreferences

menu

MenuSetup Menu

Always-on-top

Full screen TV

Remove toolbars"no toolbar" mode

Minimize

Recordopen the record

controls

Channel surf

Video source select

Channel down

Channel up

Previous channel

CloseWinTV

Snapshot viewerwindow

Double click oneach "thumbnail" tosee image full size.Click and hold yourright mouse button

to see imageoptions.

Current TV channelor video source

Click your right mousebutton here to see the

channel selector

Remove toolbarsClick your right mouse button in the TV

window to remove toolbars.

Click again to restore toolbars.

RC: Software remote control

One TouchRecord

Then click Start to start the channel scan.

Setting up the channels

After you have scanned for channels, you can add channel names and fine tunefor better reception. To do this, click the Menu button on WinTV2000, then clickSuite Manager. You can also click and hold your right mouse button,then click SuiteManager.

Click on the desired channel, then Edit. Change the ChannelName to thename of the station, change the description or fine tune. Then click OK.

New features on the WinTV2000 application

Selecting an External Video source (VCR, camcorder, etc.)

Click the green Video source select button to select TV, Composite and S-Video sources. The video sources will use the TV standard chosen when youscanned for your TV channels (NTSC or PAL).

Rescanning for channels

Click the Menu button and click on Suite Manager and then Auto scan.Make sure you select cable or antenna in Broadcast / cable. Choose the cor-rect Video format for your region and then click Scan.

Displaying TV full screen

When you click the Full screen TV button, TV will appear full screen. Whenfinished watching TV full screen, click your right mouse button in the TV win-dow.

If you see video with a black box around it, click the Pref button then click TVmode tab. Check the box which says "Allow resolution change".

"Always-on-Top" mode:

With Always on Top, the WinTV window can always be visible on your Windowsdesktop. To turn on Always-on-Top, simply click the Always-on-top button. Itwill turn green. To turn off Always on Top, click this button again.

A convenient way to use Always-on-Top is to make the TV window in the no-titlemode small, and to make the TV window in the title mode larger. Then you canswitch very quick from a small window to a larger one simply by clicking theright mouse button.

Menu button

Click the Menu button to open the TV Setup menu. Here is the main controlfor TV channels, and duplicate controls for other functions:

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Suite Manager: configure the TV tuner (scanning, naming, fine tuning, etc.),setting up 'favorite channel lists' and set an external A/V source to a TVchannel.

Configuration: duplicate configuration menus for color, audio, MPEG set-tings, etc.

View: for setting the TV window size

Pref button

Click the Pref button to open the Preferences menu. You will have tabs for:

View: these are the settings for the On Screen Display of the TV channel andAudio Volume, where you can enable Close Captions, plus controls forthe Toolbar mode (Title mode), NoToolbar mode (No Title) and FullScreen (TV mode).

Movies: here is where you configure the video and audio settings for SoftPVR.You can set the movie record directory (DVCR Record File Path), theMPEG Quality settings, and the Audio setings.

Snap Shot: set the size of captured images plus single or two field captures.

Audio: your audio settings are configured here.

Color: adjust the color of your TV picture here.

To hide the WinTV toolbar:

Simply click your right mouse button in the WinTV’s video window for the no-title mode. To restore the toolbars (the title mode), once again click yourright mouse button in the WinTV’s video window. You can set the size of thewindow differently in each mode.

Recording MPEG video with SoftPVR™

Note: The following functions are not currently enabled with SoftPVR: the OTPand Pause buttons, plus the Fast Forward and Rewind functions.


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Note: a Pentium III 800MHz minimum system is recommended for best SoftPVRoperation.

To start recording, either click the OTR (One Touch Record) or the redRecord button on WinTV2000. You can also start a recording by using WinTVScheduler.

To stop recording, click Stop. To close the recording controls, click the TVmode button.

If you click OTR more than once, a record timer will be set and the recordtimer will be set 15 minutes for each time the OTR button is clicked. For exam-ple, if you click the OTR button 3 times, the WinTV will record for 30 minutes.

The recorded video file is saved in the DVCR Recorded File Path directory. Toset this directory, click the PREF button (Preferences menu), then the Moviestab. In DVCR Record Path set the directory for your recordings.

Record Button: Clicking the Record button will automaticallygenerate a file name and start recording your audio/video pro-

gram. Everytime you record a file, a new file is automatically createdand the file name is displayed in the record window. The file namehas the format channel/date/time. For example:ANT_21_20050927_153807 where ANT_21 is antenna channel 21,20050927 is the date 09/27/2005 and 153807 is the 15th hour, 38thminute and 07 second.

While recording:

- Live video continues to play in the WinTV window

- The Counter will display the length of your recording in hours:min-utes:seconds

- If you had started recording with the OTR button, and had clicked itmore than once, the total time for the recording will also bedisplayed. You can also click OTR after a record has been started, andthe record timer will be set.

Click the Stop button to stop your recording. The recorded audio/videofile is then saved to disk using the automatically assigned file name. TheTime counter is reset to 00:00:00 after the recording is saved.

Play Button: Clicking the Play button will playback from diskthe last video file created. With SoftPVR, you can only Play and

Pause your videos.

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File Button: Clicking the File button opens the File menu. Thelast file recorded is listed in the File name box. In the File menu

you can: Rename your recorded video file, Play a video file previ-ously recorded, Delete recorded video files.

If you have problems with audio: If you find that there is no audio while playing your video recordings, this isoften due to the sound card not being setup to record audio from its 'Line-in'socket. To enable audio recording, open the Recording Control panel by click-ing Start / Run and then SNDVOL32 /REC. This will open the RecordingControl panel. Make sure that 'Line-in' is enabled (this is sometimes called 'Line'or 'Aux').

Installing the IR Remote

Note: the IR remote control is found only on some WinTV models.

Note: Before installing the IR Remote for WinTV, make sure that the WinTVapplication and radio application (only for the WinTV card with FM radio tuner)work properly when using your mouse or keyboard.

To install the WinTV IR Remote hardware:- turn off your computer. Plug the sub-mini jack at the end of the IR

Receiver cable into the Remote control (IR) receiver socket ofthe WinTV card.

- place the IR Receiver on your desktop so that the infrared light fromthe IR Remote transmitter can reach the IR Receiver.

- turn on your computer.

- If you have previously installed the WinTV applications, the IR soft-ware should automatically run every time you reboot your PC. Youwill see the WinTV Remote icon in the Device Tray. If not, look inthe IR32 directory of the WinTV Installation CD-ROM version 2.2or later. Run IR32.EXE from this directory. The install procedure willadd a shortcut to IR.EXE to the Startup group, so that IR.EXE isloaded every time after Windows has booted.

Checking the function of WinTV’s IR RemoteWhen your PC is booted, the WinTV’s Remote software is automaticallylaunched. You will see a Remote icon in the device tray. Point the Remotetransmitter at the IR Remote receiver. When you click the TV button onthe Remote transmitter, after 3-4 seconds the Remote icon should flash,


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indicating that the Remote application is running and then the WinTV applica-tion will be run.

WinTV remote control for SoftPVR™

Remote control buttons when watching live TV0 - 9 buttons: channel numbers.

Full button: makes WinTV go full screen. Clicking the Full button again bringsWinTV into a window.

Record button: opens the SoftPVR tray.

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Applicationon/off

0 - 9“QuickSkip”

buttons

Audio mute

Menu

Channelup/dn

Volumeup/dn

Fastforward

Fastrewind

Stop

Pause

Play

Skip aheadSkip

back

Go button

Record

Go buttonPower button

0 - 9buttons

Menubutton

Fastrewind

Record

Play Fastforward

Stop

Skipback

Skip ahead

Pause

New style Hauppaugeremote control

Old style Hauppaugeremote control

Remote control buttons when playing video recordingsSkip ahead button: skips ahead in the video 30 seconds per click. Holdingthe skip ahead button will autorepeat, and advances the video about 5 minutesper 10 seconds the button is depressed.

Skip back button: skips back 30 seconds per click. pressing and holdingthe Skip back button makes the video go back about 5 minutes for 10 secondsthe button is depressed.

Go button: brings up the WinTV task list. Allows you to start WinTV2000,WinTV32 or WinTV-radio.

Menu button: brings up the Windows Task list. Use the left and right arrowsto change to other Widnows tasks.

Green power button: will turn off the WinTV application

0 - 9 buttons: When playing back a recording, the “1” button will skip to 10%,the “2” button 20%, etc. of the length of the recording.


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Teletext Data Reception using VTPlus(European WinTV boards)

Teletext is used in Europe and other parts of the world to transmit digitaldata along with a television picture. Teletext data is transmitted in aninvisible part of the TV picture called the "Vertical Blanking Interval" orVBI.

Teletext data is normally formatted into pages. A master index is alsotransmitted which lists the various categories that can be received, andwhich Teletext page they are being transmitted on. Teletext data mustbe inserted into the VBI by your TV broadcaster, and can only bereceived on the Win/TV boards if the Hauppauge Teletext decoder isinstalled.

An example of a Teletext page follows. Each Teletext page has a pagenumber, a date and the current time in the right hand corner:

VTPlus for Win/TV is a sophisticated Teletext software application whichruns exclusively on the Hauppauge Win/TV card. VTPlus allows you toview multiple Teletext pages, save or print Teletext pages and createDynamic Data Links so that Teletext data can be used in other Windowsapplications. The Win/TV application does not have to be active while

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the VTPlus Teletext application is running.

Installation of the VTPlus software

If the VTPlus application is provided on CD-ROM, then it will automati-cally be installed from the WinTV Installation CD-ROM.

If it is provided on diskette, click on the Start button, then Run andthen type: A:\VTSETUP.EXE The program will install in the default direc-tory c:\VTPLUS. The installation creates a group headed VTPlus forWin/TV and three icons will be created. The main icons are:

VTPlus program: VTPlus On line help:

VTPlus window

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VTPlus toolbar

1. Reception indicator: when this symbol is red, your requestedpage is being received.

2. Script: shortcut for Options/Script. See Help for information onprogramming the Script.

3. Select previous Subpage: indicates, when dark, that there aresubpages before the current subpage. When a light grey, there areno subpages before the current page.

4. Select next Subpage: indicates, when dark, that there are sub-pages after the current subpage. When light grey, there are no sub-pages after the current page. For example, if the current page is100 and there are no subpages in page 100, the Select nextSubpage icon will be light grey.

5. Reveal button: shortcut for Show/HiddenCharacters. Whenyou use this button you might see hidden text, such as VPS timecodes or answers from a Quiz.

Reveal invisible text

Current Teletext service

Current page number

Center Teletext page

TOP text selectSelect TV channel

Set Time/Date

Next Subpage

Previous Subpage

Script

Reception indicator


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6. Arrange in Center: shortcut for Window/ArrangeInCenter.When you click on this button, the actual page will be positionedfull size in the center of the Window. The centralized page will returnto its original position as something else is activated.

7. Channel Selection: shortcut for Options/Change TVStation.

8. Toptext window: shortcut forToptext/ToptextWindowVisible. When you click the TOP but-ton, the Toptext window will appear. Toptext is also being receivedwith invisible Windows. Toptext is a protocol being used in Germanyby TV stations like ZDF/ARD to help the user get a clear, fastoverview of the available information being transmitted and to givethe user fast access to this transmitted information.

9. Set System Clock: shortcut for Options/SetSystemClock.Click on this button with your mouse and the received Time fromthe Teletext channel will be used by the System clock of your PC.

Setting up VTPlus TV channels

By double clicking on the VTPlus for Win/TV icon, the VTPlusTeletext application will be launched. The channels that have been pre-viously tuned in by the Win/TV application now have to be selected forVTPlus. To do this, select Options/ChangeTVstation:

A menu will pop up called Setup TV stations. Now select all the sta-

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tions required and click use in VTPlus box for each station desired.Up to three letters can be used as the channel ID, to allow you to identi-fy which channel you are viewing.

Quickselect Teletext pages

By using the Ctrl+N key a Create and Receive page pops up request-ing a page number. Type the requested page number. If this page is tobe received continuously (every time the page is received, the page isautomatically updated), click the Update Continuously box.

Many Teletext pages have a reference to other pages. For example, theTV guide section has a number of page referrals to movie backgroundinformation which is being transmitted in other pages. Quickselectallows you to select these pages directly. Double click the left mousebutton on the desired page number in the current Teletext page, and anew Window appears with the selected page.

If you do not want to open a new Window, but simply change to the newpage, push the Shift-Key while double-clicking on the page number inthe current Teletext page, and the new selected page will appear in theoriginal window.

With Quickselect, several pages can be called at once. If a Teletext pagerefers to a page sequence such as “Share Prices: 500-505”, mark thefirst page number with a single mouse click, click a page number andstart the reception with a left Doubleclick on the end page. The distancebetween the selected pages may not be more than 11.

Example: “News from Page 300-303” are selected with by a singleclick on 300 and a Doubleclick on 303. The multiple page reception willopen individual windows for each of the pages within the selected pagenumbers.

Dynamic Data Exchange with Teletext

DDE links can be created between the Teletext pages and any Windowsprogram supporting DDE. Programs supporting a live DDE link from aTeletext page include the Microsoft EXCEL spreadsheet and MicrosoftWORD.

To create a link, use your mouse to highlight the section of the Teletext


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page of interest. For example, if the current Teletext page has financialdata, highlight with the mouse the financial item of interest by click onthe beginning of the field on the Teletext page, holding your mouse but-ton down, and releasing the mouse button at the end of the field.

Then click on Edit/Copy option from the Edit menu and click the leftbutton mouse. The information is now in the PC memory. To create alink to the DDE supported applications (such as your spreadsheet),select “edit past link” in your application. VTPlus will now create a directlink to your program.

When the data changes in the selected field on the Teletext page,VTPlus will deliver the data automatically to your DDE supported pro-gram. Updates through the DDE occur when all subpages are beingreceived and at every update, when the option UpdateContinuously is marked.

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Using the WinTV-radio Application

(on boards equipped with FM radio)

If you have purchased the WinTV-radio board, in addition to watchingTV you can also tune in radio stations on the FM band.

The WinTV-radio board has two aerial inputs, one for TV and one for FMradio. If your TV antenna (or cable TV network) carries both TV and FMradio, you can connect to the TV antenna connector only:

Running the WinTV-radio application

Click on Start / Programs / WinTV and then Radio to run the radioapplication.

The WinTV-radio window

Note: Radio cannot be hooked up to the cable TV source. It must useeither a supplied FM antenna or a digital FM antenna.

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Using the WinTV-radio Buttons

Volume: The audio volume is adjusted by setting the LineIn levelin the Volume Control applet.

Tune: Fine tune the current radio channel.

Seek: Search for the next active FM radio channel.

Mem: Sets a FM radio channel preset. To assign the currentstation to a preset, click on Mem and then on one of the Preset but-tons (1-10).

Mute: Turn off the sound.

Mono: Force mono reception.

Scan: Searches for new stations until you click on Stop. Clickthe RIGHT mouse button anywhere on the WinTV-radio window toset the Scan mode.

Min: Minimizes the WinTV-radio window.

CD: Starts the Audio CD-Player for playing backAudio-CD´s.

TV: Closes the radio application and starts the WinTV appli-cation.

OFF: Closes the radio application.

1 - 10: Preset 1 - 10

Programming the Presets

To assign a radio station to a special Preset button do the following:

1. Tune in the desired station with the Seek button (or by using Tune).

2. Click on the Mem button. It will change to red.

3. Click on one of the Preset buttons (1-10).

Using the right Mouse button

When you click the RIGHT mouse button in the WinTV-radio window,this menu comes up:

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1. Scan Mode: Presets - When Presets is chosen and the Scanbutton is clicked, WinTV-radio tunes in only the stations which areassigned to the Preset buttons.

2. Scan Mode: All - When All is chosen and the Scan button isclicked, WinTV-radio tunes in all radio stations.

3. Frequencies - A list of all frequencies assigned to the preset but-tons is shown.

4. Tool Tips - Turn on/off bubble help.

5. Minimize - Minimizes the WinTV-radio application window.


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How WinTV Works

How WinTV displays Video-in-a-Window

To display live video on your PC monitor, the WinTV boards use a tech-nique called PCI Push. With this technique, the live video is digitizedby the WinTV board and then moved over the PCI bus into thememory of your VGA display adapter. Here are the steps in gettinglive TV onto your VGA screen:

- the TV Tuner is controlled by software to tune to a specified TVchannel. It takes a modulated television broadcast signal and turnsit into demodulated video and audio signals.

- the demodulated video from the TV tuner goes into the 848,871 or 881 Video Digitizer chip, where it is converted into adigital form using YUV 4:2:2 sampling. This is a high quality sam-pling format which results in resolution equivalent to 24-bits of RGBper video pixel.

- the demodulated audio goes into an on-board audio switcher.WinTV’s audio switcher can receive audio from the TV tuner or theAudio Input Jacks (Left, Right). The output of this audio switchergoes to both the Audio Out Jack (Line Out) and the CD-audiopassthrough connector for connection to a sound card.

- the Video Digitizer chip is also a PCI-bus Master device.After the video pixels are digitized, it “pushes” them over the PCIbus into the memory of your PC’s VGA display adapter. It does thiswithout requiring your PC’s processor to do any work, therefore livevideo can be displayed in a window on your VGA screen withoutslowing down your PC.

Video Overlay mode of operation

Live TV can be displayed on your VGA screen by using either the VideoOverlay or the Primary Surface mode. The mode which is used isdependent upon your PC’s hardware and software. If your VGA hasenough display memory to hold the digitized video image, then WinTV’sVideo Digitizer “pushes” YUV 4:2:2 video pixels for temporary storageinto an off-screen part of the VGA memory called a Secondary Surface.This method is called Video Overlay. The VGA display adapter will thenconvert the video image from YUV 4:2:2 into RGB video and continu-

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ously overlay the VGA screen with the video image. Using VideoOverlay, the VGA controller treats the live TV image just like any otherwindow, which results in a 24-bit video image on your VGA screen. Youwill also be able to display full screen TV at all VGA resolutions.

Primary Surface mode of operation

If your VGA display adapter but does not have either a Video Port orenough memory to hold the video image off-screen, then the WinTVboard converts the YUV 4:2:2 video pixels into an RGB format which iscompatible with your VGA display adapter’s operating mode (8 bits perpixel, 16 bits per pixel or 24-bits per pixel), and then moves the pixelsdirectly into the display memory or Primary Surface of your VGA.

This results in a high quality video image whose color depth is depen-dent upon your VGA display adapter’s operating mode. For example,your TV image when running in a 256 color mode will not be as good aswhen running your VGA in 16-bit per pixel mode.

Also, because the video is moved directly onto the Primary Surface, fea-tures such as close captioning and full-screen TV in resolutions greaterthan 640x480 will be disabled.

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Troubleshooting

This chapter includes troubleshooting help for solving common prob-lems.

Trouble shooting the WinTV driver

Error message: “No memory available” after running theWinTV application or “WinTV card not installed or driversnot loaded”

Sometimes, during the installation of the WinTV driver (see chapter 2and the New Hardware Found menu) you do not answer all of thequestions correctly and the WinTV driver does not get correctlyinstalled.

In this case you might find the WinTV listed in? Other Devices. Todelete this driver, highlight PCI Multimedia Video device and thenclick on Remove.

Then browse the Hauppauge WinTV installation CD-Rom, open thefolder Win98, and run VFW95/98.exe file.

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Problem: Poor TV picture quality

A poor TV image could be caused if your VGA display adapter does nothave enough video RAM to hold the TV image. In this case, WinTVresorts to Primary Surface mode, which lowers image quality. A memoryupgrade on your VGA display adapter might fix this problem.

Problem: TV picture displays a blue screen

The TV picture might display a blue screen under the following conditions:

Momentary loss of signal

A weak video signal

Channel changing

A scrambled channel

Changing channels may cause a temporary blue screen. To fix

the problem, switch the channel up or down, then return to the

original channel.

The audio might continue to broadcast, even though the video picture displays ablue screen. This indicates a strong audio signal and a weak video signal.

A scrambled channel is not a valid channel.

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Updating the WinTV driver

From time to time, there might be a new WinTV driver which is animprovement over the existing driver. Driver updates can be down-loaded from the Hauppauge Internet Web site (see the front page of thismanual for the URL).

The WinTV update is combined with the driver uninstaller and thedriver installer. Once you have downloaded the updated WinTV dri-ver, you can install the update simply by running the downloadedprogram. You will see the following message:

Click Next.

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Click Next.

The WinTV Update program now uninstalls the existing WinTV dri-ver, then copies a number of files to your hard disk:

After the WinTV Driver installation program has copied all of the filesover to your disk drive, you will be asked to reboot:

Click OK to reboot your PC.

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After rebooting Windows, an automatic installation of the newWinTV driver takes place. You will see the New hardwareFound message, followed by the WinTV Inspection programand the WinTV Direct Draw Check program.

After installing a new WinTV driver, it is advisable to install the latestWinTV applications, including the WinTV32, the WinTV-radio andIR remote control applications (if your WinTV board has thesefeatures).

Removing the WinTV driver with HCWCLEAR

On occasion, it might be necessary to remove all traces of theWinTV driver on your PC’s hard disk. To do this, there is a programon the WinTV Installation CD-ROM called HCWCLEAR.

Before running HCWCLEAR, you must manually stop the WINTV IRRemote Control application. This can be done by double clickingon the IR icon in the Windows toolbar, and clicking on Stop.

The HCWCLEAR application can be found in the MISC/UTILITYdirectory:

Once you have stopped the IR application, run HCWCLEAR by dou-ble clicking on its icon:


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Click OK.

You will then see the following message:

Click Yes.

If there are any errors which come up during the running of HCW-CLEAR, then it means that there is an application running which is usingthe WinTV drivers. For example, if you see the following error:

it means that one of the WinTV driver files in use (in this case it is the IRremote driver). You can either ignore the error, or can can double checkto make sure there are no applications running in the system that mightbe using the WinTV driver. In general, to make sure the re-installation isdone correctly, all applications using the WinTV driver should bestopped before HCWCLEAR is run.

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Checking the WinTVPlug-and-Play Setup

After the WinTV board has been installed, you can find out what I/O portand interrupt has been assigned by Windows Plug-and-Play by lookingat its configuration in the Control Panel. Windows Plug-and-Play willnot let you change the Interrupt it has assigned, but you can, if neces-sary, change the Memory Address selected.

Open up Control Panel by clicking on Start/Settings/ControlPanel.Now open up the System properties setup by double clicking on itsicon, then click on the Device Manager folder. Then click on Sound,video and game controllers:

then click on Hauppauge WinTV and then Properties:

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Click on Resources to see which resources Windows has assigned tothe WinTV. Remember: the Interrupt setting cannot be changed (sinceit is assigned by Windows Plug-and-Play) but the Memory Addresscan be changed if there is a memory conflict between the WinTV andanother board.

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To see which versions of drivers are being used, click on Drivers:

You can also see the hardware configuration of the WinTV by clickingon the Details tab:


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This window will show the type of TV tuner, the serial number and revi-sion of your WinTV board and other information which can be used tohelp diagnose hardware problems.

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Technical Support

Technical support telephone

If you have questions regarding installation or compatibility, please con-tact our technical support staff at:

(631) 434-3197

(631) 434-3198 Fax

Service

If you should need assistance with the installation, operation, or applica-tion of your Hauppauge WinTV board, there are several options avail-able to you. Your primary source for information and problem assis-tance is always your dealer. Should the need arise, contact your dealerfor on-site or repair service.

Hauppauge’s Technical Support and Customer Service staff can aid insolving many problems. Our service department is available to repairany Hauppauge product. For completion of repair, the product must bereturned to our factory.

If this WinTV board is not in working order, your only recourse is repairor replacement, as described above. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCESwill Hauppauge be liable for consequential damages, including any lostsavings, lost profits, or any other damages, caused by the use of theWinTV board or inability to use it, even if the dealer or Hauppauge hasbeen advised of such liability or other claims.

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Using DirectX setup to install anupdated Direct Draw VGA Driver

To install an updated DirectDraw driver

An updated version of DirectX is installed automatically for Windowsusers. If you would like to re-install DirectX for your VGA card, or if youdid not get a “Good News” message after the WinTV DirectDrawInspection was run, follow this procedure.

DirectDraw drivers for your PC’s VGA card is installed as part of theDirectX setup. DirectX is provided on the WinTV Installation CD-ROM in the DIRECTX directory.

To install DirectX, look in the DIRECTX directory on the WinTVInstallation CD-ROM rand double click on DXSETUP. You will thensee the following menu:

Click OK.

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The DirectX setup will spend several minutes looking for drivers in yoursystem which can be updated. As it finds drivers, you will see messagessuch as:

Click on OK.

After DirectX has updated all drivers, it will ask you to restart yourPC. Do so.

After rebooting, you can check to see if your VGA card driver hasbeen updated by running the DDCHECK program. Click the Startbutton, then Run then type DDCHECK. Look for the “Good News”message.

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